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AUTHORS
Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D., and Konstance A. McCaffree, Ph.D.
OVERVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM
To reduce the risk for HIV/AIDS through behavioral change, adolescents not only need information on perception of personal vulnerability, but they also need the skills and confidence in their ability to act safely. Be Proud! Be Responsible is designed to meet those needs.
Be Proud! Be Responsible! is a six-module curriculum that provides adolescents with knowledge, motivation and skills necessary to change their behaviors in ways that will reduce their risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. This multimedia curriculum has been evaluated and recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as a “Program That Works.”
GOAL OF THE CURRICULUM
Help young people change behaviors that place them at risk for becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The curriculum is intended to delay initiation of sex among sexually inexperienced youth, to reduce unprotected sex among sexually active inner-city youth, and to help young people make proud and responsible decisions about their sexual behaviors.
CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this program, students will:
- Increase their knowledge about HIV, AIDS and other STDs
- Believe in the value of safer sex, including abstinence
- Have confidence in their ability to negotiate safer sex & to use condoms correctly
- Be able to use condoms and negotiate sexual situations
- Intend to practice safer sex
- Reduce sexual risk behaviors
- Take pride in and responsibility for choosing responsible sexual behaviors
CONTENT OUTLINE
- Module 1: Introduction to HIV and AIDS
- Module 2: Building Knowledge About HIV and AIDS
- Module 3: Understanding Vulnerability to HIV Infection
- Module 4: Attitudes and Beliefs about HIV, AIDs and Safer Sex
- Module 5: Building Condom Use Skills
- Module 6: Building Negotiation and Refusal Skills
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRICULUM
Be Proud! Be Responsible! was designed to be used with small groups ranging from 6 to 12 participants, but it has been implemented in recent years in settings with larger number of participants. The curriculum can be implemented in various community settings, including schools or youth-serving agencies.
LENGTH
The curriculum has six hours of content divided into six 1 hour modules. It can be implemented in six sessions of sixty minutes each or in three 2-hour modules. In community settings, it can be implemented in a two-day format (3 hours each day),a six-day format (1 hour each day) or one-day (Saturday) for approximately five hours, plus time for serving lunch and snacks.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
The curriculum requires the use of TV monitor and VCR.
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES
A series of fun and interactive learning experiences designed to increase participation and enhance learning. Activities include educational videos, trigger films, role plays, condom demonstrations and other exercises. Most are brief, lasting no more than 20 minutes.
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK USED IN BE PROUD! BE RESPONSIBLE!
One important means of curbing the AIDS epidemic is for individuals to modify their behavior in ways that reduces their risk for HIV infection. Be Proud! Be Responsible! draws upon these three theories: Social-Cognitive Theory, the Theory of Reasoned Action and the Theory of Planned Behavior. These theories have been shown to be of great value to understanding a wide range of health-related behaviors. All three theories emphasize the importance of beliefs about whether a given behavior will have negative or positive consequences.
Three types of outcome expectancies or behavioral beliefs are emphasized in Be Proud! Be Responsible!
Prevention Belief
The belief that behaving in a specific manner will prevent a negative outcome. An example of such an outcome expectancy is the belief that the effective use of condoms can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted HIV infection.
Hedonistic Belief
Such beliefs are influenced by personal satisfaction and gratification. Individuals engage in sexual activities for a variety of reasons, including sexual enjoyment. Hedonistic considerations may influence key outcome expectancies during sexual experiences. For example, many individuals believe that condoms reduce physical sensations during sexual activity or ruin the mood and, therefore, are less likely to use condoms during sexual intercourse.
Partner-Reaction Belief
The third type of belief influencing outcome expectancies is an individual’s perception of his or her partner’s attitudes about engaging in particular safer sex practices. For example, the belief that one’s sexual partner will react negatively to the use of condoms may prevent a person from suggesting condoms use during sexual intercourse.
UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE CURRICULUM
Three overriding themes provide the Be Proud! Be Responsible! curriculum with a unique approach that has proved to be successful in urban environments.
The Inner-City and Sense-of-Community Approach
A unique feature of this curriculum is its strong inner-city and sense of community approach. It emphasizes how HIV infections and AIDS has affected inner-city communities and discusses the importance of protecting the community as a motive to change individual risky behaviors. This theme is different from traditional HIV/AIDS curricula in that it focuses on individuals’ knowledge, attitudes and risk behaviors. This curriculum focuses on participants’ needs to adapt responsible and safer sexual behaviors to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV, not only for the sake of themselves, but for the sake of their families, sexual partners, children and community.
The Role of Sexual Responsibility and Accountability
Most adolescents fail to recognize personal responsibility or accountability regarding sexual behavior. This is evident by the high incidence of STDs and pregnancy among teenagers., especially inner-city adolescents, as well as poor condom use and multiple sex partners. Adolescents need to learn how to be sexually responsible and accountable. Thus, participants will learn that becoming sexually active is a choice of every person makes at some point in his or her life. They will investigate what constitutes sexual responsibility, such as abstinence or condom use during sexual intercourse and will learn to make responsible decisions regarding their sexual behavior.
The Role Of Pride In Making Safer Sexual Choices
Adolescence is a time of confusion, mixed emotions and uncertainty. During this time, adolescents struggle with issues about self-esteem, self-respect and self-pride; therefore they need to feel good about themselves, their decisions and their behaviors. Be Proud! Be Responsible! addresses these feelings by emphasizing that it can feel good to make proud and responsible safer sexual choices. As adolescents complete the curriculum, their sense of pride, self-confidence, self-satisfaction and self-respect is encouraged and reinforced during the role-plays and other skill-building activities that focus on HIV prevention.
RECOMMENDED TRAINING
Educators well acquainted with HIV/AIDS and adolescent sexuality receive about 16 hours of training. Those not knowledgeable about these topics need 24 hours of training.
Training includes a) implementation issues and the trainees’ comfort level with sexuality and HIV, b) review of HIV and AIDS knowledge and c) the content of the curriculum. Educators experience the curriculum as though they were students. A question and answer period is held afterward. Finally, the educators practice the curriculum and receive performance feedback.
STUDENT WORKBOOKS AVAILABLE IN JULY OF 2010
Execellent information.
This program can be successfully use in the Genesee County area of Flint, Mi.